Metadata from CMDAC Accession 566

Experiment name:        Denmark Str Ovfl (ACM8)
Principal Investigator: R.Dickson
PI's affiliation:       MAFF
Mooring Name:           8606
Mooring position:       62.895 deg N,   35.858 deg W
Instrument depth:       1980 meters
Seafloor depth:         2640 meters
Times:                  starts 09 Sep 1986, ends 26 Jun 1987
Time increment:         60 minutes
Instrument type:        Aanderaa RCM5
Archive reference:      BODC 88621

  parameter         min     mean      max       sd     days

speed (cm/sec)      1.49    10.86    31.93     5.78    289.7
dir (deg true)      0.00   219.01   359.81    89.77    289.7
u (cm/sec)        -26.87    -4.57    26.02     8.58    289.7
v (cm/sec)        -30.97    -0.62    26.74     7.50    289.7
temp (deg C)        3.03     3.37     3.47     0.05    289.7
pressure (db)    1779.50  1796.46  1834.30     6.19    289.7


Note that the pressure range (1779.5 db - 1834.3 db) is not
consistant with the stated depth (1980 m) of the current meter.
Either the given depth is incorrect, or the pressures are
inaccurate.

The temperature series contains an isolated spike on 28/29 Dec 86
that may be an instrument error.

Move up one level.

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